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We're counting down our top 10 most popular sample galleries of 2017 and at long last we've reached our top 3 galleries. dpreview.com »

The new Sigma 16mm F1. 4 DC DN | Contemporary lens made for APS-C E-Mount and M43 cameras has a lot of crop-sensor shooters very intrigued. Sigma says this lens boasts quality on par with its Art lens lineup, and our own hands-on at PPE 2017 was very positive. dpreview.com »

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We're counting down our top 10 most popular sample galleries of 2017, and we've at last cracked the top 5 (see the other winners below). dpreview.com »

Photographer Ryan Earl and filmmaker Nick Arcivos of AmnesiArt recently created an extremely impressive cinematic short film. Impressive not only because the shots were gorgeous, well-planned, and well-executed. dpreview.com »

Motorola has officially announced its Polaroid Insta-Share Moto Mod, a small Polaroid instant printer that attaches directly to the back of the Moto Z smartphones.
The printer uses Polaroid's Zink ZERO-INK Paper to produce 2 x 3-inch prints, and has a physical button to launch the phone's camera. dpreview.com »

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Between now and the end of the year we'll be counting down our top 10 most popular sample galleries of 2017. dpreview.com »

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Between now and the end of the year we'll be counting down our top 10 most popular sample galleries of 2017. dpreview.com »

Being a professional photographer used to mean carrying around heavy SLRs and medium-format camera, tripods and cumbersome accessories. As cameras have evolved to become smaller and smaller, those days are over. dpreview.com »

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Panasonic pleasantly surprised us last week when they dropped off a near-final version of their new Lumix DC-G9 flagship stills camera. dpreview.com »

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Peak Design announced the 5L Everyday Sling, a small light-weight bag that can be carried as either a sling or a fanny-pack. dpreview.com »

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Leica just announced a new lens – a redesigned version of the classic 90mm Thambar F2. dpreview.com »

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The Sony a7R Mark III is here and we get our hands on one for a few hours while at a press event in New York City. dpreview.com »

Our review process is based both on studio testing and real-world shooting. We make sure every camera goes through the hands of several photographers and is shot in a variety of circumstances, to give a broad representation of how the camera will perform. dpreview.com »

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The looks of a classic beauty in the body of a modern camera, the X-E3 is Fujifilm's latest rangefinder ILC and also a lot of fun to shoot with. dpreview.com »

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As with the original Pixel handsets, Google is stressing the quality of its Pixel 2 phone's 12MP camera, calling it the "world's highest rated smartphone camera" thanks to its DxOMark score of 98. dpreview.com »

Spend enough time building your brand as the photographer du jour for crazy and interesting stunts, and your next assignment might come in form of a challenge. That's what happened to Benjamin Von Wong when Nike sent him a pair of shoes and a personalized note:
What would you do if you could walk on air?
A little clicha crazy idea, with a community impact twist. dpreview.com »

Chris Burkard is one of the most prolific, successful, and recognizable adventure travel photographers in the world. But before the TED talk and the crazy adventures to remote parts of the world, Burkard was a working surf photographer who was bored and unfulfilled despite having achieved success with his art. dpreview.com »

Lensbaby just released two new "optics" for portrait photographer and other shooters who want to add a bit of creative flare to their photography. The first is the Sweet 80: an 80mm optic that gives portrait shooters that trademark Lensbaby 'sweet spot' of focus; the second is the Creative Bokeh optic: a 50mm single-element lens that comes with 11 drop in apertures in a variety of shapes. dpreview.com »

Turning ten years old this week is the A700, Sony's first high-end DSLR after fully taking over Konica Minolta's camera business. With plenty of Minolta DNA underneath its Sony Alpha branding, it debuted in September 2007 to take on the likes of Canon's 40D and Nikon's D300. dpreview.com »

Profoto recently connected two icons in their respective fields: Albert Watson, the portrait photography legend, and Sergei Polunin, the so-called "bad boy of ballet" and probably the only ballet dancer you could call "mainstream. dpreview.com »

Photographer Dustin Dolby of workphlo is back with another of his straightforward, easy-to-follow lighting tutorials. This time, he's showing us how to shoot (and post-process) a professional-looking splash photography shot—a very popular ad style—using just the affordable speedlights in his home studio. dpreview.com »

Last year, photographer Josh Rossi made headlines all over the world after he used his skills as a photographer and retoucher to turn his daughter into Wonder Woman. It was a fun passion project, but the viral outpouring of support it generated inspired him to do something more. dpreview.com »

About six months after teasing a Micro Four Thirds concept camera at PMA 2009, Olympus released the PEN E-P1. The E-P1, modeled after the PENs from the film days, was the company's first venture into mirrorless and only the third MFT camera on the market. dpreview.com »

If you need a fun film photography experiment to try out this week/weekend, how about giving black-and-white film reversal a shot? The folks at Branco Ottico decided to give this process a shot—turning multiple black-and-white negatives into rich, direct positive transparencies. dpreview.com »

The Leica Store in Oslo has announced a special edition Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) camera simply called the Oslo Edition. This model is offered exclusively by the Leica Store Oslo, and though it is available worldwide, the edition is limited to just 10 units—this might be your best chance to get an ultra-rare Leica at a not-totally-insane price. dpreview.com »

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Nikon Japan has released the first set of official sample images captured with the new Nikon D850. dpreview.com »

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Most of us on the DPReview staff followed our own advice today: we put the cameras down, donned our eclipse glasses and just enjoyed today's total solar eclipse. dpreview.com »

Dustin Dolby of Workphlo is back with another simple step-by-step tutorial that shows you how to create professional-looking magazine-quality product photography using affordable gear—in this case, he uses two speedlights inside strip boxes, and could have used just one. dpreview.com »

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Summer probably isn't the time of year when we're all dreaming of getting away to an island paradise to sip colorful drinks on the beach by day and take photos by golden hour. dpreview.com »

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Photographer and automotive writer Murilee Martin has published a series of modern motorsport photos he took using an old Kodak Brownie No. dpreview.com »

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In 2013 I was accepted for a one month artist in residence at the Baer Art Center in northern Iceland. dpreview.com »